Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin (Kazakh: ???????? ??????????? ????????; created 8 Apr 1982), often known by his nickname “GGG” or “Triple G”, is a Kazakhstani professional boxer who presently supports the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight headings. As of Sept 2017, he’s positioned as the world’s best middleweight by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Positions Plank (TBRB), and second from the Ring magazine. He’s also rated as the world’s best effective boxer, pound for pound, because of the Band; second by the TBRB; and third by BoxRec
Golovkin earned his first major world tournament, the WBA interim middleweight name, by defeating Milton N??ez this year 2010. He was increased to WBA (Regular) champ in the same time, and in 2011 would succeed the vacant IBO middleweight subject by defeating Lajuan Simon. In 2014, Golovkin was enhanced to his current position of WBA (Super) champ and efficiently defended both his headings against Daniel Geale. Later that calendar year he defeated Marco Antonio Rubio to include the WBC interim middleweight subject to his collection, and defeated David Lemieux in 2015 to get the IBF middleweight name. After Canelo ?lvarez vacated his WBC middleweight name in 2016, Golovkin was enhanced to full champ and now contains world headings by three of the four major boxing sanctioning physiques.
A determining pressure fighter, Golovkin is well known for his powerful and exact punching, balance, and methodical activity. Having a streak of 23 knockouts that spanned from 22 November 2008 to 18 March 2017, he retains the best knockout ratio – 89.8% – in middleweight tournament background. In 2016, he achieved his 17th subject security by knockout, which equaled the record place by Wilfredo G?mez in 1982. Golovkin is also thought to have one of the better chins in modern boxing, having never been knocked down or knocked out in a complete of 388 battles, 38 as a specialist and 350 novice.
In his amateur profession, Golovkin gained a silver medal in the middleweight department at the 2003 World Championships. He continued to signify Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer season Olympics, receiving a middleweight metallic medal.